Singapore

Singaporean Nintendo fans, get ready! The highly awaited Nintendo Pop-Up Store is set to make its grand comeback to Jewel Changi Airport from April 25 to July 24, 2025. The temporary event has in excess of 500 authentic merchandise items to boot, more than 150 of which are brand-new and exclusive products of popular franchises such as Pikmin, Super Mario, …

As Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group welcomes Singapore’s 60th year of freedom, it has planned, between April and December 202,5 a series of SG60-themed exciting surprises in the memorable campaign “Celebrating with Singapore”. Special Rates and Awards for Travel To get on board with Singapore Airlines and Scoot holiday celebration processions, special limited SG60 fares are made available for travel. Bonus …

The stepping down of Piyush Gupta from the post of CEO of DBS Bank came after 15 years of leading the bank with much innovation, expansion, and record successes. Under such leadership, DBS became one of the world’s best digital banks, which is recognized with myriad global awards. He was appointed as CEO of DBS in 2009. His contributions included …

Singapore will further cement its status as an important basketball destination when it hosts three FIBA 3×3 events in 2026 and 2027. The announcement was made at the opening ceremony of the FIBA 3×3 Asia Cup 2025, officially extending FIBA’s partnership with Sport Singapore (SportSG). There are three tournaments which include the FIBA 3×3 Asia Cup 2026, the FIBA 3×3 …

Singapore Airlines (SIA) resumed flights to London Heathrow Airport after a citywide power failure brought massive disruption on March 21. The blackout, following a fire at a nearby substation, brought the world’s fifth busiest airport to a halt for much of the day, grounding flights, diverting them and leaving thousands of passengers stranded. The initial SIA flight from Heathrow to …

Despite being in sync with most of the government’s projections, the economy of Singapore is expected to grow by 2.6% this year, as per the survey of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Economists, however, warned that geopolitical tensions and trade uncertainties might pose risks to this growth. Last month, a survey was conducted of 20 economists, and they jointly kept …

Samantha Suyi Lee, a brilliant Singaporean animator, director and storyboard artist has become the first to win a Children’s and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for an Animated Series. Lee, who is Los Angeles based, was awarded the honor on March 15, 2025 for her contribution to the Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur episode, The Molecular Level in the …

Singapore and Thailand marked 60 years of diplomatic relations with the signing of five major Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) on 14 March. The MOUs were signed in the presence of Singapore’s Second Minister for Trade and Industry Tan See Leng and Thailand’s Minister of Commerce Pichai Naripthaphan during the 7th Singapore-Thailand Enhanced Economic Relationship (STEER) Ministerial Meeting. MOUs include various …

Intel has appointed Tan Lip-Bu, an accomplished semiconductor industry veteran, as its new CEO. He takes the position as CEO from March 18, 2025. The 65 year old Singapore born executive, a veteran board member and venture capitalist, is brought to navigate the company through one of its most turbulent times. Tan succeeds Pat Gelsinger, who was removed after his …

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has announced a partnership with cloud platform company Salesforce to improve customer service experiences based on artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The partnership will build customer interactions that are both seamless and personalized by integrating state-of-the-art AI-embedded tools into SIA’s operations. Under this partnership, SIA aims to optimize its case management system using Salesforce Agentforce and Einstein AI …